Royality creeps In Just testing
Middlesbrough 0-1 Reading HT
Middlesbrough 0-2 Reading FT
Reading to score first in First Half
0-1 Meite 10
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0-2 Joao 60
Joking apart, when I transcribe all the predictions (about 25 per match this season)
I try not to analyse, just transcribe... so if 1-0 is there (when people mean Reading 1-0 away)
I am more than likely to write 1-0 under Boro, and then things hot fans
So, for example, when I am transcribing first team to score I enter
RDG 1 27 (Reading first half, minute 27)
This is a single line from the spreadsheet for Cardiff
(after the game)
14 Seahawk -1 0 20 3 5 2 10 0 RDG 2 63 0 0 1 2 0-0 1-2 ------------ 63 Ejaria ------------ 63 Ejaria 20 ------------ Seahawk The underlined stuff is points awarded
so that isn't there until the game is played
Broken down
14 Seahawk -1 0 20 3 5 2 10 0
So 14th post, margin -1 (meaning RDG to win by a single goal)
this allows me to post predictions in margin order
20 points, 3 for HT score correct, 5 for FT score correct, 2 for first RDG scorer, 10 for on time and correct format
RDG 2 63
RDG to score first in second half (63rd minute )
0 0 1 2 0-0 1-2 ------------ 63 Ejaria ------------ 63 Ejaria 20 ------------ Seahawk
HT score is there twice, first two columns for sorting, second to for posting
------------ 63 Ejaria ------------ 63 Ejaria 20 ------------ Seahawk
Here Ejaria is first goal EITHER TEAM and also first goal for RDG
It looks like duplication but isn't
for example------------ 63 CARDIFF ------------ 83 Ejaria 20 ------------ Seahawk
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So, point is, if people use different formats, miss stuff off, it takes forever (and there are always mistakes anyway)... (and I am more likely to make mistakes if formats etc are all over the place... so I give extra points for people posting correctly, and posting early